The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) closed the 15th summit Thursday with a declaration to continue supporting each other as well as to promote disarmament and international security, peacekeeping, human rights and democracy.
The Group of Eight nations should not presume a global economic recovery is near, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in a letter to G8 host Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi obtained by Reuters on Monday.
Rich and poor nations edged closer to a deal on proposals for reforming the global financial system, but diplomats said there would have to be changes if a U.N. conference this week is to adopt them.
The global economic crisis will help push 100 million people into poverty this year through lost jobs and lower earnings, leaving one sixth of the world's population living in hunger, a U.N. agency said on Friday.
North Korean has warned on Monday it would launch a pre-emptive attack against the United States as about 10,000 people rallied to denounce a newly endorsed U.N. Security Council Resolution.
China's U.N. ambassador, Zhang Yesui, said a U.N. resolution on North Korea passed on Friday demonstrated the firm opposition of the world to Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and urged North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.
The U.N. Security Council Friday unanimously approved expanded sanctions and a trade and arms embargo against North Korea over its May 25 nuclear test.
The global economy will contract in 2009 by more than initially thought, given rising unemployment and underutilization of capacity, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday.
The global economy is set to contract by close to three percent this year, worse than the previous estimates for a 1.75 percent decline, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday.
There is still a high degree of uncertainty regarding the outlook for the global economy, although Chinese growth could surprise on the upside, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.
The World Bank announced it has approved a $125 million loan to the Republic of Belarus for a project meant to improve energy efficiency in heat and power generation.
The pace of contraction in world economic output appears to be easing and recovery could begin at the end of this year, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told Spanish television on Tuesday.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to name former U.S. President Bill Clinton as his special envoy to Haiti, in a move that could attract investment and help stabilize the country, officials said on Monday.
The United States won election to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Tuesday, joining 17 other nations picked for the body, after the Obama administration ended a U.S. policy of boycotting it.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a two-year loan valued by $17.1 billion for Romania to help the country get through the global economic crisis, the IMF's said in a statement Monday.
The World Bank Group (WBG) announced Thursday the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for supporting the Philippines for Fiscal Years 2010-2012.
The current global crisis is an obstacle in the fight against poverty and is threatening to reverse any gains on the fight against poverty.
The World Bank will provide $45 billion over the next three years to support road building and other infrastructure projects in poor nations.
The European Union pledged at least 60 million euros ($77.54 million) on Wednesday to support security forces in Somalia and African Union peacekeepers based in the conflict ridden region.
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will attend next week's United Nations conference on racism in Geneva, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD)announced Wednesday a new project which provides a $14.98 million loan to modernize El Salvador’s agriculture.
President Barack Obama plans a significant increase in the size of the Afghan police force, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on Saturday.
